CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Online news commentator shot dead in Sorsogon

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Two men on a motorcycle shot dead an online news commentator in Sorsogon City on 14 September 2020. Sorsogon is 529 kilometers south of Manila. Jobert “Polpog”... Read more

Disbarred lawyer threatens editor in Iloilo City

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A former Iloilo City councilor and disbarred lawyer threatened to “beat up” an editor over a news post about the former’s disbarment. Iloilo City is 655 kilometers... Read more

Duterte’s “solution”: Wait for a vaccine

“WE ARE awaiting for God’s blessing na magkaroon tayo ng vaccine either from sino diyan na bright boy: China, Russia, America. I’m sure na kung meron na sila, they... Read more

New PhilHealth Chief another link in the chain of crony appointees

IN THE midst of the worst health crisis to hit the country and a corruption scandal hounding the PhilHealth medical insurance system, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed someone without any... Read more

Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar goes online; six journalists named panelists

FOR THE first time, CMFR will hold the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism program as a webinar which will feature six journalists from television and online news organizations as panelists... Read more

Re Duque and PhilHealth: How strong a “whiff of corruption” will move Duterte?

THEN CANDIDATE DUTERTE’s 2016 campaign made much of his supposed intolerance of corruption. This self-proclaimed virtue has not quite lost its magic with his supporters. But the more skeptical... Read more

With few exceptions, media barely note VP message

AHEAD OF the schedule briefing of the president on that day Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo aired a 20-minute video message on Facebook last August 24. She said... Read more

ABS-CBN regional network group goes off air

BECAUSE OF the denial of its application to renew its franchise, media giant ABS-CBN has stopped its regional newscasts. Its 12 local TV Patrol programs aired their final newscasts... Read more

Duterte’s health, again: Few reports show improvement

SPECULATIONS ABOUT the president’s health won’t be quelled so easily, especially when Duterte himself is suddenly and unwontedly fueling them. Following the rumors last week that he had flown... Read more

Media’s critical lens spotlights call for “revolutionary government”

THE POINT of a “revolutionary government” seemed lost on a group of Duterte supporters who trooped to Clark Freeport in Pampanga on August 22 to support the People’s National... Read more